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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Rhododendron 

 Hardy Hybrid 



Ericaceae 



R. Thomsoni 



R. Luscombei 



R. F. Thiselton-Dyer 



Sikldm 



Hybrid between 



R. Thomsoni and 



R. Fortunei 



Hybrid, same cross 

 as Luscombei 



Blood red ; 

 June 



Rich rosy 

 red ; 

 April 



Deep rose, 

 with darker 

 mark at the 

 base of the 

 tube 



elegansand purpureum splen- 

 dens, with dark -spotted 

 flowers. R. arboreum blood 

 is very noticeable in the early 

 flowering, bright-red noble- 

 anum, the rich red russelli- 

 anum, and russellianum 

 superbum, the white dark- 

 spotted Baron Osy, the blush 

 or almost white Blanche 

 superb, and many others, 

 whilst R. ponticum is in 

 evidence in a large number 

 of hybrids. In addition to 

 this group there are others 

 which, though not so univer- 

 sally grown, are quite as 

 beautiful. For a number of 

 years other species besides 

 those worked on to pro- 

 duce the last-named group 

 have been taken in hand in 

 several places, notably at 

 Tremough by Mr. Gill, and 

 all who are interested in 

 shrubs know the great work 

 accomplished by Messrs. 

 Anthony Waterer of Knap- 

 hill, John Waterer & Sons of 

 Bagshot, Wm. Paul & Son 

 of Waltham Cross, George 

 Paul of Chesthunt, Fisher, 

 Son & Sibray of Sheffield, 

 Messrs. J. Veitch, and in the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew. 

 R. Thomsoni may be taken as 

 a type of a group in which it 

 has played a great part. This 

 species is hardy even near Lon- 

 don, and farther north, but 

 flowers very early, so much so 

 that frost frequently destroys 

 its beauty. It grows from 

 6 feet to 15 feet, has broadly 

 ovate leaves and loose trusses 

 of six or eight waxy flowers. 

 This was raised by Mr. Lus- 

 combe about thirty years 

 ago. It is finely represented 

 in the Arboretum at Kew, 

 the largest specimen being 

 8 feet high and as much 

 through. The flowers are in 

 loose trusses, tubular, 3 inches 

 across, and very waxy; a 

 handsome hybrid. 

 This is a Kew-raised hybrid, 

 and very similar to Lus- 

 combei in growth. 





